Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-26
TELEGRAPHIC.



lswtng special Bexnrsing sne
aasna1fsa fn thaa cry.
fAcoxa. March 2s.-Io abtiespstios
% the eariy cnxnpiesio8 81 TIE Caacads
Division, ths Eortbern PseiAc Ksfirost
CSnpany, deenia1 it expedienf 70 ecu
oeatrafs lie basiness - mech - pRsett-
eabie ~ So western terminus. axvs 10
garuesi0na last a1ntef - k4vs psEpsfe8
euitsbIe plsss aad ess5Ea ztas fDF : gen
sfaI headquarters baiIdine. 70 Be efsetsd
ID this eisy, aimfl4F 20 that II 81 PAni,
with TIE wiaw ehA1 wh&n oompisted the
aans sh0uld Be 9ceupfed b. tia Vice-
President and Chief Esgiossr Ada
knAerssn, Asziatznt 0easrsi Maaazef
Boekiey, GeEersi Lard ARent snhuix.
eaparinfendeuf Of the Telegraph 81 tae
Western DIviHiou A. A. Heoey Generai
Western Passenger Azenf A. D. ChaFl
son, 6apeytussndenf Spfax1s % tke
Pscife Divisi0n. General Westers
Freight ARert Fulton. and Others
Some tims Ia So 1easA q December
lass Mr.. Sehuisxs reestvsd inasFusslOus
70 move hia 0fHse from PertiAnd 10 Ia
eoUa, bat aahseqlsufiy be Fefortes
that be vas G1abis 10 hnd E1f3sis1s
0flss room here, auA gbethsT be
Recommended ih8t tie order be a0s-
pended or not fns fast - a Was s1s-
pended. Tas Csamber Of C8umefoe,
IearninQ this fact and tbs reassn Tor
ths action, sens the following telegram;
TAoomA, ". T, M.rsh 70
CAarlss b. Wright, PhDadslphfa;-
Being Informed that the order direct
ING the renewal Of tn HsFther1 Pacific
land cffice from Portland % Tacoma
Gas suspended on the superstition thai
proper ofies room csald not be obtain.
"a here, the TAcoma ChambeF Of Osm
mercs offers ia session room and the
SecFetafy's ofiss on the hFst h9oF, 10
oludina = large stO,aQs room and vaal I,
and such other 0fioes - Mr.. Schuliz
may require, eqaAl 10 the Portland
quaFtsFs, free Of c0arge, until the com
plotion Of the railroad headquarters
buildina. not exceeding one year. Pos
session viii be giyen any time. We can
submit many good reasons showing the
Important advantages 20 both the rail
road and Tacoma Will this pEsposi
tian be conaideEsc1 (~igIed)
W. J. THoNPsos, YtS President.
A reply 10 the above message vas re-
osiVed yesterday - follows;
"FHsLADKLPHIA. March -.
"To ". J. IN spsOa. Wee Prudent
CHAMBER II Conmsres, TaeoBa. ". T.
The Land Com mittee hss accepted your
proposition. Particulars by msii.
20. b. WRIGHT"
Register Trsiter IL IN.
wksHrxoroH, March 25.-The Illnes,
OF James n. TrotteF, ths newly ap
- Il l. -
oounned 10 his horssifsE some days, has
taken q very ssKious tsFn. His physi
clans regard bis coalition ~ critical.
Military Probability.
BFigAdler General Wilcox, Command
log the Department OF the Missouri
will be placed on tbs retired List on thl
18Th ~ April. TIE probabilities ar,
that Colsnel Wesley Merritt, Saperin
tendent Of the Military Academy, viii
sucseed General Wilcox.
PestmastePs Appointed.
Ths President today appointed III
following posimastsrs Frank OxneF
a. Passdens, GAL; John L. Knox, a
San BsFnardias, Gal.
Sast Penalty for the Crime.
MKMFms. March 25.-Amos Jobnso,
(colorsd), aged 20, was banged thii
afternoon at 2:lS o'clock at Marion
Crittenden county. Arkansas, for out
raging little white child, ouly eieh
years old. The girl. Margaret Arnold
had been left in his charge by her par
ents, who we're on tiOAk, and be caset
for her for four years. The crime wa
committed last December. and be wal
convicted BY iarv Of bis own color
HIS confessed this forenoon and mad,
quite q lengthy hsranRue frsm the soaf
fold. Fully 1900 people. mostly eolOred
witnessed the execution. His neck VA
broken BY tbs fall. The vistim Of hi,
last Is being cared for hers at the Sis
tiers Of the Good shspherd Hospital
Her parsnsaRe, beyond what is stated
Ia unknown.
Death Of n weil-kRown Actress
NEw YoRK. Maroh %. The we'll
known actress Eliza wethersbss- q ,od-
Win died lasl nigh, ia tha presence OF
her husband at their residence 10 Hsw
York.
Wall street QuotAtioas.
REw YoHK. March 25.--U. i. 81. IO0lS;
- 1.Nbant AsafFA - = eouhnHs AUJtl
Pacific 6', 1854; AneFi an Express.
lO9i Canadian Pacific, 6li4 Uanads
Southern, $50; Central Paoisia, 81 /;
Rio nrsnde, Ssis; Erie, S3J<, Kansas
aud Texas. 81 Northern Pacific
IN preferred, $50; Northwestern,
lle3s, New York Central, Iilsf; Oregon
@ltailway and Navigation, 995S; Oregon
a FransoontiBahtal. 3lsi Oregop Io-
proVeoent, ssjs p ,c,te Mail. BssS /;
Texas Pacific, PSI; Uaion Pacific, 67je
United States Exprsss. -: Wells Far
go, l2s; Western Uniou. T6I(
Money on call. easv al S,f5JS last
loan 3; closed At 3jff3. Prime paper
oSdb, Sterling eIehanRs, dull &c a. s5tl:
sixiy-dAy bills. 81 81.
shipping IntelIigenee.
PoRT HApLooK. March 25.-Argived-
BArkeutine Retriever.
PoHr 9lNBLH, March 25.-Areiyed-
BARK kpsciasko.
DusosSEss. March "a bArkentins
pas led Inward At 5 .. IN. aud a tug At 4
p. IN Fair; fresh vest wind.
San Francisco. March 2A.-Arrived-
ehip Alaska. from Seattle; ship Shirley.
from Tacoma; bark Temular, fron Sc.
at.lei schooner Dare, from Columbia
River.
Hailed-SssameF Anoon, fer Portland,
schooner DutaEd. for Port Townsend;